George Barber

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Captain George Barbour (b. December 28, 1613, d. April 13, 1685)
Captain George Barbour (son of Thomas Barbour and Jane) was born December 28, 1613 in Fessingfield, Middlesex, England, and died April 13, 1685 in Medfield, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Clarke on November 24, 1642 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, daughter of Rowland Clarke and Mary C. Hobart.

George, a distinguished Puritan in New England, was born in England in 1615 and died in 1685. He sailed from Gravesend, July 4, 1635, in the ship "Transport", arriving in the western world in the autumn of that year. He was a townsman of Dedham in 1640, and in 1646 appears as a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, with the freeman's oath in Dedham, and was later prominent in the serttlement of Medway, which was set off from Dedham. In November 1651, he made a contract with the town to build a mill, which he executed, the mill being located on Mill brook, below the crossing of the present Elm street. This he sold in 1652, and in the same year was a member of a committee to lay out highways. In 1663 he "beat the drum", for which he received from the town four bushels and three pecks of corn. For some years he was a principal military officer of Medway, and was very often employed to settle estates.

For ten years he was a selectman; was town clerk twenty-three consecutive years, and four years deputy to the general court. His residence was on the main street of Medway. (From "New England Families Geneology and Memorial: Author-William Cutter: copyright 1915: page 363.)

In Dedham, the will of Anne Uttings:(relation not known); "to George Barber; to Anne Phillips, wife of Henry; to John Brocke, single; to Elizabeth Brock, wife of Henry". Others, Richard, and Edward Barber, both dead in Dedham, 1644,? no relation? a Rebecca (Barbour) Wilkinson m/2 Ralph Wheelock; he and George called each other "brother in law". Ralph Wheelock m Rebecca Clark, sister of Elizabeth, who married George Barber.

CAPTAIN GEORGE BARBOUR, founder of this Barbur or Barbour family in America, was born about 1615, near Fressingfield, County Suffolk, England, where the name has continuously flourished from 1300 to the present day. On July 4, 1635, he embarked in the ship "Transport" from Gravesend for New England, and in 1638, joined the company under Rev. John Phillip of Wrenthan, England, which settled the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. On December 2, 1640, he was accepted as a townsman of Dedham, and took the freeman's oath there May 26, 1647. He married (first) in Dedham, September 24, 1642, Elizabeth Clarke (see note), who died December 22, 1683; and (second) Joanna (Faxton) Fisher, widow of Anthony Fisher of Dedham, and the only daughter of Thomas and Joane Faxton of Braintree, born in England about 1626. She died in Medfield, Massachusetts, October 16, 1694. Capt. George Barbour died in Medfield, April 13, 1685.

In 1650 he became one of the founders of the new settlement at Medfield, Massachusetts, and on September 16, 1651, made a contract with the selectmen to build a mill "for the supply of the town." This mill was located on Mill Brook, in the heart of the present city.

Captain Barbour was selectman and town clerk for twenty-two years, deputy to the General court for eight years, the chief military officer in his district from 1667 until his death, captain in King Philip's war, and a member of the Colonial government. (Bullard and Allied Families: Edgar J. Bullard. 1930, page 44.)

CAPTAIN GEORGE BARBOUR, 1615-1683, Medfield, Massachusetts. Captain in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company. Sergeant of Medfield Foot company, 1646. Chief military officer of Medfield, 1650. Defended his town in King Philip's war. Fought against the Indians at Seekonk and Rehoboth, 1676. (Bullard and Allied Families: Edgar J. Bullard. 1930, page 282.)

Children of Captain George Barbour and Elizabeth Clarke are:
+Zachariah Barbour, b. September 29, 1656, Medway, Massachusetts, d. August 11, 1705, Medfield, Massachusetts.

George married Elizabeth Clark on 24 Nov 1642 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Rowland Clarke and Mary Hobart) was born in 1617 in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England; died on 22 Dec 1683 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Barber was born in 1650 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jul 1723 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA.